SuperCollider

Features

SuperCollider features three major components:

scsynth – A real-time audio server
sclang – An interpreted programming language
scide – An editor for sclang with an integrated help system


SuperCollider was developed by James McCartney and originally released in 1996.
In 2002, he generously released it as free software under the GNU General Public License.
It is now maintained and developed by an active and enthusiastic community.

Examples

Here are some code examples from the documentation.
You can find much more user examples on sccode.org.

sc-140

Check out the amazing sc-140 album (with code examples!).

{ SinOsc.ar(SinOsc.kr([1, 3]).exprange(100, 2e3), 0, 0.2) }.play

{
  var snare, bdrum, hihat;
  var tempo = 4;

  tempo = Impulse.ar(tempo); // for a drunk drummer replace Impulse with Dust !!!
  snare = WhiteNoise.ar(Decay2.ar(PulseDivider.ar(tempo, 4, 2), 0.005, 0.5));
  bdrum = SinOsc.ar(Line.ar(120,60, 1), 0, Decay2.ar(PulseDivider.ar(tempo, 4, 0), 0.005, 0.5));
  hihat = HPF.ar(WhiteNoise.ar(1), 10000) * Decay2.ar(tempo, 0.005, 0.5);

  Out.ar(0, (snare + bdrum + hihat) * 0.4 ! 2)
}.play

Check out all examples on the examples page.